Wayward eagle Garibaldi dies

One of the seven resident American bald eagles at the Carolina Raptor Center died in the eagle aviary June 21, center Executive Director Jim Warren announced.

Garibaldi lived in the eagle aviary. He came to the Raptor Center from the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Fla., in 1998. He was an adult when he arrived, with a full white head and tail. He retained a hole in the skin of his wing that caused him to have problems flying.

Garibaldi made headlines in 2005 when a severe storm caused the aviary's eagle netting to collapse. He escaped and spent the next seven months eluding would-be captors.

"Have You Seen Garibaldi?" T-shirts were printed to help publicize the search campaign for him.